The University of Akron Athletics
2016 Akron Cross Country

Eric McCabe
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Hilliard, Ohio
- High School:
- Hilliard Bradley
2018 Outdoor: Didn’t compete during the outdoor campaign.
2018 Indoor: Didn’t compete during the indoor campaign...2017 Cross Country: Earned a 29th-place finish at the Tommy Evans Invitational (Sept. 7) crossing the line in 16:14.5 in his only race of the season.
2016-17: Outdoor: Competed in a trio of meets for Akron...placed seventh in the 5,000 meters at the Ashland Alumni Open (April 29) with a time of 15:30.94...won the 3,000 meters at the Northeast Ohio Quad (April 15) crossing the line in a season-best time of 8:51.83...placed sixth in the 3,000 meters (9:13.65) at the Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 6)...Indoor: Competed in four meets for the Zips...placed third in the 3,000 meters in 8:53.02 at the Kent State Dual (Jan. 20)...won the 5,000 meters in 15:15.20 at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 3)...ran season-best time of 8:38.67 in the 3,000 meters at the Spire Invitational (Feb. 11)...Cross Country: Only individual to run in all six races for Akron...notched an 11th-place finish at the Tommy Evans Invitational with a time of 20.42.30... placed 41st and 42nd at the Virginia Tech Alumni Invitational (26:12.20) and the MAC Championships (26:44.9), respectively...crossed the line in 26:24.2 to finish 52nd at the All-Ohio Invitational, the second-best time on the team...posted a time of 27:01 (98th) at the Penn State National...named an Academic All-MAC selection for the second straight year.
2015-16: Outdoor: Finished fifth in the 5,000 meters at the All-Ohio Championships (April 9) in a season-best time of 15:13.85...also ran the 5,000 meters in 15:21.52 at the Raleigh Relays (March 25)...Indoor: Finished fourth in the 3,000 meters at the Kent State Dual (Jan. 22) with a time of 8:48.13...placed sixth in the mile at the Zips Invitational (Feb.19) crossing the line in 4:20.31...Cross Country: Ran in four races for the Zips, including placing 18th at the Tommy Evans Invitational in 21:14.0...finished 56th at the Mid-American Conference Championships crossing the line in 26:28.42...posted season-best 8K time (25:49.03) at All-Ohio Championships...earned first-team Academic All-MAC honors.
2014-15: Indoor: Did not compete...Outdoor: Did not compete...Cross Country: Ran in the Zips' first three races...placed 22nd at the Tommy Evans Invitational in 21:29.00...finished 58th at Bluegrass Invitational (25:45.90)...crossed line in 26:35.57 at All-Ohio Championship.
At Hilliard Bradley HS: Was a four-year letterwinner in cross country and track and field ... named All-Ohio as a senior for cross country ... earned four First-Team All-OCC honors, including as a junior and senior in both cross country and track and field ... also named Second-Team All-OCC as a sophomore and Third-Team All-OCC as a freshman in cross country ... posted a personal-best time of 15:40 in the 5K (school record) ... earned All-District honors all four years for cross country and as a junior and senior in track and field ... was the 3,200m OCC champion as a senior ... owns personal-best times of 4:30 in the 1,600m and 9:25 in the 3,200m.
Personal: Majoring in graphic design…son of Mary McCabe.